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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 31, 1918
Page
3
An advertising blurb touts a famous relief product for rheumatic soreness stiffness insul neurial pains and other external twinges. It promises speedy comforting relief with no rubbing needed and claims Canada availability at drug stores with a large bottle offering economy.
The note dropped by Major d Anunnzio asserts Italians will teach Vienna about liberty and national rights. It claims the raid spans 621 miles with 497 over hostile territory and reports one aircraft lost.
A feature on how old folk names for garden flowers reveal piety and herbal lore. Monastic and religious associations give names like Virgin Mary, St. John, and Our Lady to blooms such as Lady Slipper, Rosemary, and Marybuds, while fairy lore yields Fairycap and Fairy Cheesecake and weather timing by Scarlet Pimpernel and Goat's Beard.
The advertisement claims Miller's Worm Powders remove worms from the body and create healthy conditions that prevent reinfection. It argues worms cause constant restlessness and pain in a child, and relief comes only by using the powders, touted as highly effective.
Major General Greene argues in The Yale Review that building the Channel Tunnel now would have accelerated WWI, and even if delayed, could decisively aid ship logistics and postwar reconstruction. He asserts British French and Belgian unity is vital and American stake rests on durable peace through closer political and economic ties.
Three kinds of tanks are in French service a 23 ton model with eight crew a 13 ton unit with six crew and a 6 ton light tank operated by two men German tanks weigh 25 tons each and are noted in reports.
Mr. F. Abraham, chairman of the Canada food board section on home gardens, says cutworm damage is severe after years of lower impact. He urges fall plowing to bury eggs and destroy larvae, leaving ample winter time to prepare town land for future vegetable crops and cereals. Cities and towns could provide surplus labor for the effort.
The Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 Paris Exhibition, stands 984 feet tall and over 1,000 with protection. It originated as a harshly criticized sculpture but now serves international wireless communication with Canada and offers Paris panoramas. Other towers like Blackpool imitate it while Wem bley Tower remains unfinished.
Minard's Liniment notes aside, the article argues cavalry remains valuable as a reminder that warfare evolves but does not render units obsolete. It cites the St Mihiel retreat as example and warns against predicting permanent military trends. War swings between movement and trench phases, with guns and machine guns gaining then yielding prominence.
A claim that Baby's Own Tablets are the sole remedy for babies’ stomach and bowel troubles. A Quebec mother praises the product, and the tablets are offered by mail from Dr Williams Medicine Company Ville, Ontario, at 2s per box.
A Telegram quotation captures a travel ling man’s question at a station about a black soldier. The man says he is not going to France but to Berlin, with a brief stop in France possible on the way.
Impurities of the blood stem from liver defects and show as pimples and blotches on the skin. The advert claims Parmelee's Vegetable Pills cleanse the blood by improving liver action and promoting healthy processes, eliminating impurities for a seasdon effect.
Officials from the geological survey and department of mines report bright prospects for platinum in British Columbia. Fieldwork by G C Mackenzie and Charles Camsell, with limited drilling and widespread sampling, aims to expand deposits. Vancouver assay office offers 105 dollars an ounce and refining equipment is ready, signaling potential rapid development in the coming year.
A Cincinnati authority states corns of any kind can be lifted out with the fingers after applying a few drops of freezone. A small bottle at the drug store will rid feet of corn or callus without pain, drying instantly and not irritating surrounding skin. If local druggists lack Freezone, they can obtain it from wholesale houses.
The piece warns that Germany holds three strategic options: military offensive, peace offensive, and navy. It states that if the first two fail, a sea-based surprise will be attempted using mines submarines and torpedo boats, echoing past tactics by land.
Allied forces deny water to the Turks by draining Er Rigm and severing cisterns across a 60 mile radius. Australian light horse under Col Todd and Bikaner camel corps destroy bore sites at Jifijaffe, capture Austrian engineer, and kill or wound the defenders. By June no water remained in a wide desert belt, with patrols largely reporting silence.
Dr. Frederick D. Pridham reports discovery of double nitro oxide salt applied to bone sections that absorbs diseased marrow and heals bone diseases from inside out. He cites eighty three cases cured in three weeks to seven months.
A Minneapolis laundress and Red Cross supporter witnessed a large Red Cross parade in the Mill City where about fifteen thousand white-clad women participated. She described it as a grand spectacle saying she had never seen so much washing at one time.
A historical advertisement promotes Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as a safe and reliable medicine for children troubled with worms. It highlights its suitability for young patients and positions it as a trusted remedy of the era.
A Peterboro Review excerpt notes a parrot raised among fashionable circles that speaks whenever people begin to sing, humorously implying the bird’s refined upbringing will fetch a high price. The exchange contrasts elegance with avian chatter in a witty aside.
In France a young English V A D trims between two hundred and three hundred lamps daily to supply light for a hospital in a historic chateau. The cellar work is solitary and cold yet essential for night care.
An English observer recently returned from Russia reports intense local anti German sentiment across European Russia. He notes that mobilizing an army is beyond current capability as men readily defend districts but scatter if asked to move. The German pledge to Bolsheviks to stay put may ease Russian army organization, though its value is uncertain.
In a reminiscence from the Ohio State Journal a former Prussian Guards member imagines his grandchildren listening to his tale of wartime service. He recalls nearly equaling an American goods clerk in merit after six months of training.
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